New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-04-17
THE Talk OF TIE DAY.

TIE Talk OF TIE DAY.
New-Yorkeu who have to drink impure CrotoA
water may console themselves with the thought that u
can't very wea be any more impure than The wstea
which tho people Of London arc obliged to drink One
Of the London papen tho other day called attention.
to the pollution which u poured into TIE Uppes
Thames by the tributary streams which discharge In
nlth Of paper mils and other WORKS and famyard
drainage Tho town 0f Etslnss especially discharges
all it, sewage into tho same river In uncomfortable
proximity IA the intakes Of tho water companies. The
Thames has indeed boon described tho natural out
lot for sewage
Mr.. Carl!ae y . Gallo observer, Of tho times. and
pSSsci.n &: nsn sSsa
Intellect given neither to sensations nor to elarms.
m : =: simple ing ana
q iormnate for ths country and Cog tho party test
Sssionm i Honss ' Of ReSfsssafssSss second only g
power 9 60 Prssidensy, and almost eosausl e e
mornings Mind that Ne Dana ISulsviiis Courier
Journal .'-t
Iespes tho once famous barber Of Paria is dead.
His shop was once tho matutinsl resort Of the literary
and artistic celebrities Of tho day. - wen - local
landmark for foreign tourists and provinciais The
interior Of tho shop was not only decorated with
sketches by wen-known arttstA, but Wa also en-
bolshed with scrsps Of prose and verse cohulDuted
By some Of the leading utterateurs, Of France II
was Lespes who invented tho famous PORTUGAL de-
coction with which Frsnoh coifeurs snont the heads
OF their customers and no actually rsceived on this
account tho rband and cross Of the Order Of Christ
from Dom Luix M Portugal. He was prosecuted
howevor, for wearing tho riband. it Like that
Of the Legion Of Honor.
On. tho door Of . Parisian tobacco shop z Tie
side tho crop Which remiafs US Of similar -Sn
q s1 sDossa q. 's1y vs ss1 :sS
az you do not allow buyers to smoke them here !"
you'd '1 scarcsy expect mo to permit purehssers =
Utilize my establishment Is bathrSv- Boston Transr
Crypt.
There . schcmer named Hil,
They gave him high-hcense bill -
at cannot be risky
To truckle to whiskey"
SAID this Bourbon reformer named HILL
"rm q Democrat loyal" said Hill,
"And hence this good meacure must kill;
I'm sure that my party
Will thank mo most hearty
For siding with whiskoy," said Hill
traveller in Kansas while crossing prairie tho
other day came upon party Of men who seemed u
be preparing tho land for agricultural purposes
any friend" said the traveller. addressing ono a
the men, "you arc laying of youl corn rows quito
distance apart"
"Corn rowsi" tho man gasped
ayes, those rows over there."
"My stars, strangeri" exclaimed the Kansas man.
as II possible you amt hearn Of 1T"
"Heard Of what"
"Of the boom. Man alive. them amt corn rows
over thar: they air streets. an this hero b city.
You air now on tho corner Of Commercial and Ems
porum sts.. an not In tho check OF corn row. a.
you mout suppose"
Tho papers arc talking about 3 "bArb wire pool"
y would bs . mshty UNPLEASANT IoSi n which e
many pointed remarSs. HlNoristown Herald.
"gcnial and gentlemanly barkccr" Of this city
one Ut those fellow who only know how to say
"wul. gints. wot'n you havei" remarked tho other
day that Governor Hin would have shown himself
to DO Q lunatio no had signed the High License
bill Well. no has shown himself to DO salocnatis
By refusing to sign IT.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT IL hurt you much.
Dorothy twho !. . connolsscur in dolls. ami who
has had tumblc)-" Terwibly, mammal My knee
Bits.
Sometimes q postmaster Is amusfngly literal A
gentleman recently wrote to his wife. VITO was visit
ing In Q town In Maiuo. addressing her BY her drst
namo Harriet" The letter went to the dead letter
Office. although tho postmaster knew tho lady well
When demonstrated with for not delivering 1t to hcrt
no replied that he always thought that her name was
Hattie.
A Fortune Assured. First Omaha Mani am id
luck At last friend end Of mine has cent me mag;
Second Omaha Man-what use is that
"why. I can have thousands Of copies struck on
At sman expense and soil Thorn for 900 apiece down
aohi come now. Who would lay that for them
In Kansas"
"Tho real estate agents-to show what their new
towns win look like whom they're bigger"-.Omaha
World.
Tho natural gas "boom" and the oil "boom" are
making things 90 lively In western Ohio that tho
average citizen can hardly sleep.
. Says "The oroccrs' Criterion: report comes
from tho East thas there has been discovered In
British India blossom Of such saccharne properties
that IL is destined to rovolutonize the sugar business
of tho world It b tho flower OF tho mahwA
NICOLA. . troe Of large sixe, which abounds In the
southern portion Of Hindostan. This blossom has q
sweet taste and yields one-haH its weight In sugar.
Tho Hindoos have for . long period been accustomed
to extract . syrup from the mahwas flowers, but In
tho most primitive fashion, without attempting to
develop process.
They playing quiet game Of euchre In the
smoker and did not notice the conductor - no came
through.
Just st that iuncture ono Of the players murmurod
"Eot much you DON'T" said tho conductor impa.
tienty. "Not sinoe tho Intentate Commerce bill"
Iwashington Critic
Tho Anarchists who wero recently sentenced to
various terms of Imprisonment by tho Austrian Gov.
eminent will each have to fast day every month
and Of them will have to spend tho anniversary
Of his proposed crime In . DARK cell.
Two women recently went to . gravedigger In rural
France. and asked him to cell them human